Aluminum heel for ladies&#39; shoes



H. WALDGRF. ALUMINUM HEEL FOR LADIES SHOES.

APPLICATION FILED cT. 11, 1920.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

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ALUMINUM HEEL FOR LADIES SHOES.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

IatelitedFeb. 1, 1921.

Application filed October 11, 1920. Serial No. 416,096.

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Be it known that I, HENRY WTALDORF, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aluminum Heels for Ladies Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to aluminum heels for ladies7 slices, and, has forits particular object to provide a comparatively simple and inexpensive means for retaining a leather plu g in a socket in the tread end portion of the heel with the assistance of a screw, or equivalent fastening means.

fi further object ofl my invention is to provide plug retaining means in the form of a plate held in position at the base of the socket by means of a plurality of inte gral upwardly extending lingers cast, or anchored in the roof of the socket to hold the plate in fixed relation with the heel.

A further object of the invention is to provide the plate with a plurality of integral dmvnwardly extending peripherally arranged locking fingers adapted tov be bent inwardly over a plug when seated in the socket of the heel for .firmly holding the plug in its socket.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction of a plug retaining plate and manner of fixing saine to the roof of a socket in the tread portion ofa heel, as hereinafter fully described and finally pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification wherein like characters of reference denote similar parts throughout the several views:

Figure l, is a perspective view of the tread portion of a heel provided with a plug retaining plate in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2, is 'a perspective view of the tread portion of a heel provided with a leather plug and clearly showing the niannerin which I firmly retain the plug in its socket.

Fig. 3, is a sectional view of the tread portion of a heel cle-arly showing how the plate is held in fixed relation to the roof of the socket.

Fig. 4, is a sectional view of the tread portion of a heel, showing a plug held in the socket of the heel and showing a tread lift fixed to the plug.

Fig. 5, isa frontelevation of the plu@r retaining plate. D Fig. 6, abottoin plan view thereof.

liig. 7,' is a top plan view thereof.

Referring to the drawings, the reference character l indicates the tread portion of an aluminum heel for ladies shoes. The tread portion l is provided with a socket 2 open at its lower end and bounded bv a wall 3 having an inclined inner face 4. lhe upper end of' the socket is closed by the roof 5. In carrying out the aim of my present invention, I employ7 an aluminum plate 6, of a shape to conform to the base of the socket 2, which shape is substantially semicircular. The plate 6 is provided near its center with a plurality of suitable lingers 7, preferably V-shaped. The fingers 7 are punched out of the plate 6 and are bent upwardly, as shown in Fig. 6. The fingers 7 of the plate G are cast to the roof 5 of the socket, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, which firmly holds the plate at the base of the socket 2 and in fixed relation with the heel.

The plate G is further provided with a plurality of outwardly and downwardly ex tending fingers S. One of these fingers is preferably positioned at the straight side of the plate (3 while the other two are arA ranged on the curved edge of the plate so they will lie to the rear side of the plate. The outwardly extending portions 9 of the fingers 8 engage the inclined inner face a of the wall of the socket, as shown in Fig. 1, thereby permitting a leather plug 10 to be easily and readily positioned in the socket 2, as is manifest. After the plug l0 has been positioned in the socket 2, the fingers 8 are bent inwardly to engage the outer face of the plug, as clearly shown in Fig. 2; to firmly hold the plug in the socket 2. After the fingers 8 have been bent over into engagement with the plug 10, a suitable leather top lift 11 may be fixed to the leather plug 10 by means of the usual nails 12.

'It will be observed that there is plenty of open space between the fingers S, after they are bent over into engagement with the plug to permit the nails 12 to enter the plug `10 as they are driven through the top lift 11.

From the foregoing description and the illustrations, it is evident that I provide a simple, inexpensive and practical means for securing a plug in the socket of an alumi- Vrality of fingers extending vvariations and modifications may-:be made Withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention and the terms of the following claims, hence I wish it to be understood that I reserve Ythe right to make any such changes, or modifications as may fairly fall Within the scope of the appended claims when fairly construed.

'il/Vhat I claim is:

1. In combination with a heel provided with a socket leading from the tread end lof thefheel, a plate receivable in the socket and cast to the roof of the socket, a plufrom the plate anddisposed beyond the lower face of the socket, and a plug carried in the socket, said plugbeing'retained vin the socket by bending the free ends of said lingers over the other edge of the face of the plug.

2. In combination with a heel provided With a socket leadino' from the tread end ol the heel, a plate having upwardly extending fingers retained in said socket by being cast to the roof of the socket. a plug carried in the socket and flexible means earried by the plate for holding the plug` in the socket.

3. In combination with a heel provided with a socket"leading from the tread end ol' the heel, a plug Carried in said socket. a liti iiXed to said plug, a plate interposed hetWeen the plug and the roof of said socket. means for anchoring said plate to the roel' of the socket. and means integral with the plate adapted to be clinched over the edge of the plug to hold the plug in the socket.

4. In combination with a heel provided with a socket leading from the tread end of the heel, a plug in said socket. and means anchored intermediate the inner face ol the plug in the roof of the socket for holdingthe plug in the socket.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name to the speciiicatiou.

HENRY "VALDOh` l".

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